http://knbc.nbcweatherplus.com/weathernews/10773559/detail.html

Winter Blast Brings Snow To West LA, Malibu

CHP To Escort Motorists Through Icy Grapevine

POSTED: 9:43 am PST January 17, 2007

UPDATED: 7:04 pm PST January 17, 2007

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Snow fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and Malibu Wednesday afternoon as Jack Frost visited the Southland again.

NBC4 forecaster Fritz Coleman said the mixture of precipitation in West Los Angeles at about 3 p.m. included a dusting of snow. Residents in West Los Angeles said the snow accumulated in parking lots, on cars and around palm trees near Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards and other areas. Most of the snow fell south of Sunset Boulevard and just east of the 405 Freeway. Residents told NBC4 that several inches of snow fell in their yards. The last snowfall recorded at Los Angeles International Airport was in January 1962, according to the National Weather Service. Trace amounts — less than 0.5 inches — were reported, according to the NWS.

Of course that hasn’t happened.  But Heidi Cullen is advocating revoking the AMS Seal of Approval for any weatherman “who expresses skepticism” about global warming.

Imagine if her Seal of Approval was revoked because she’s using bogus science to advocate Global Warming.

Q: How can you tell which side is wrong? 

A: That’s actually easy.  The side that tries to shut down opposition and/or tries to deny opposition any voice in debate is the side that is wrong. 

Yep, boys and girls, the liberal wackos who love global warming are wrong.   Otherwise, why aren’t they out there debating with the opposition instead of trying to obliterate it?  These aren’t scientists at all.  Scientists have an open mind about their theories and ideas.  They attack things from all angles and allow for change and updates and introductions of unknowns.

Imagine if the NYT ran that headline.  Heh.  Unlikely.  But it’s fairly accurate.

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2062484.ece

Meet the world’s top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow.

A United Nations report has identified the world’s rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife. And they are blamed for a host of other environmental crimes, from acid rain to the introduction of alien species, from producing deserts to creating dead zones in the oceans, from poisoning rivers and drinking water to destroying coral reefs.

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_011607WABstorm_tues_moresnowJM.460dd9d6.html

Seattle – Cold still.  Ice again.  Winter weather tough this year.

SEATTLE - The latest snowstorm is behind us, but temperatures are expected to dip overnight and thawing roads could freeze over again, making it another icy commute Wednesday morning.

Almost on cue, Tuesday’s early morning arctic blast dropped a fresh layer of wet snow on the region between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m., snarling traffic and canceling school for nearly 380,000 students.

One to 2 inches of snow accumulations dropped in the urban areas and 2 to 3 inches fell in the outlying areas.

Storm-weary Washingtonians may be wondering when we’re going to thaw out.

“It’s going to be a very slow warm up,” said KING 5 meteorologist Rich Marriott. “Part of the problem is the ground is so cold right now. It’s going to take a while for temperatures to warm up the ground and melt things off. Upper 30s, near 40 degrees doesn’t have a whole lot of energy to do that, so it’s going to take a while.”

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But wait, there’s more …

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B644A7D21%2DAB88%2D4BD5%2D8AFA%2D65664179DFEE%7D&dist=rss

 San Fran hit with cold and ice.  Ice in Dallas.  Freezing rain in Louisiana.  Missouri hit hard.   Wow, just think.  If those liberal wackos were right, we’d be a nice, toasty 80 degrees and enjoying the sun.   Hmmm …  Where’s that global thermometer at? 

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Emergency crews scrambled Tuesday to restore electricity to about 80,000 customers nationwide that are still in the dark following a series of ice storms that snapped trees and power lines from the Southwest Plains to New England.

The onslaught of freezing rain left little doubt that it is January, putting to rest any notion that the balmy weather in late December could last long.

Power company officials said that most of the 600,000 homes and businesses that lost service over the weekend are back on line, but that some of the harder-hit areas, especially rural regions, will have to wait until Wednesday for relief.

Meanwhile, meteorologists are warning more misery could be in store for parts of Texas, where freezing rain pushed Governor Rick Perry’s inauguration ceremony indoors in Austin on Monday, and parts of the Mississippi Valley and Louisiana.

A thick coating of ice knocked out power to at least 6,000 customers in the Dallas area and another 175,000 in neighboring Oklahoma over the weekend.

State police blamed slick roadways for at least 46 deaths across the country, according to the Associated Press.

Missouri was among the hardest-hit regions, crippled by a series of fast-moving fronts that caught the state in a damaging freeze-thaw-freeze cycle.

States that Condo sales have fallen and that the housing slump might be easing.  Heh.  It is the NY Times, though.  Not sure how much one can trust the article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/realestate/16rentals.html?ei=5065&en=c551d19d50f5b8bd&ex=1169528400&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

At the end of 2006, 24,200 units were on the market in the Washington area, up from 13,000 at the start of 2005. Sales have slowed to 663 in the fourth quarter of 2006 from 3,520 in the first quarter of 2005, according to Delta Associates. Recorded prices have been flat, which probably masks an effective decline since only the most attractive properties are selling and many owners throw in extra inducements that do not show up in official figures.

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Nationally, condominium sales have fallen further than those of single-family properties, 13.6 percent from November 2005 to the same month in 2006; free-standing homes showed a 10.7 percent decline in the same period. Inventories have risen 38.1 percent for condos and 29.6 percent for individual homes, according to the National Association of Realtors. The national median price — half the condos sold for more and half for less — was $224,600 in November, unchanged from November 2005.

But there is no comprehensive, national source of data for new condominiums sales. The Realtors group only measures sales of existing units and the Commerce Department, which tracks sales of new single-family homes, does not collect data on condominiums.

It’s the dawning of a new Ice Age!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070115/ap_on_re_us/winter_blast

Midwest hit by ice storms.  It’s started, I tell ya.  Pretty soon, we’ll be hearing about how the ice age is coming.

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http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4929652

 LOS ANGELES, January 12, 2007 - A cold snap hit the Southland amid forecasts of record or near-record low temperatures Friday and Saturday night in metropolitan, coastal and valley areas of Los Angeles County.

I know!  It was global warming that melted an iceberg free from the North Pole which then drifted to Southern California and caused record and near record low temperatures.  yeah, that’s it!

Hilarious …

http://www.break.com/index/effect_of_drugs_and_alcohol_on_spider_webs.html

Hmmm … interesting thoughts …

http://www.claytoncramer.com/weblog/2006_12_31_archive.html#116809650615335628

http://www.ussyorktown.com/yorktown/patton.htm

Definitely not PC by any standard. 

Took the Personality Test.

Trait Snapshot:

secretive, organized, clean, rarely worries, solitary, high self control, dislikes large parties, prefers organized to unpredictable, prudent, observer, tough, self reliant, very good at saving money, introverted, perfectionist, mind over heart, not controlling of others, hard working, confident, resolute, solitary, does not make friends easily, finisher, does not like to stand out, very practical, intellectual, unsympathetic at times, honest, respects authority, follows the rules, cautious.

Stability results were very high which suggests you are extremely relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

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The very END OF THE WORLD GLOBAL FREEZING.  Yep, that’s right.  Pretty soon, those MSM nitwits will actually make a 180 degree turn.  How do I know this?  Because they have a history of it.  It wasn’t 10 or so years ago that they were screaming a new ICE AGE was coming.   Oh, the horror.  But wait, if you order right now, you can get your global cooling doubled and tripled.  Yes, pick up the Mains Stream Media newspapers today and order your brand new END OF THE WORLD GLOBAL FREEZING.  That’s right, a world killing global freezing like no one has ever seen.

You see, the Earth and all the planets are in orbit around one central point, our sun.  But physics dictates that when an object is orbiting around one central point, that the orbit’s energy doesn’t stay stable.  Instead, slowly, the orbit is widened as gravity from the central point (our sun) is overcome.   So, yes, our Earth is slowly getting farther and farther away from the sun.  At some point, we will replace Mars’ orbit.  And then get farther out.  And that will be the end of our world in a global killing freezing to end all times.

Heh, they never learn.  As soon as they get in power, they try some sort of gun control agenda.  Then they get voted out of power.   Guess we’ll see if the Dems have learned or not.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18792

Yeah, 71 degrees in NYC.

FLASHBACK: NYC had record high of 68F on Jan 13, 1932. 70F on Jan 14, 1932 and 67F on Jan 15, 1932…
Wow, can you imagine that.  NYC had the same kind of temps in 1932.  Wow, we sure smoldered and burned under global warming … er, hmmm .. we’re still here 70+ years later.  Huh, imagine that.  Where’d the global warming go?

http://www.bizzyblog.com/2006/10/08/the-federal-budget-deficit-mission-accomplished-perhaps-a-lot-more-to-come/

“Despite the costs of the Iraq War, the rest of the War on Terror, Katrina relief, and not nearly enough control over other spending, the administration has accomplished its goal of cutting the reported deficit in half by the time it leaves office a full three years early”

Yep, the MSM lies, lies, and lies about pretty much everything.  Jamil-gate, Rather-gate, Rueters using fake photos, the Times leaking classified info, the Lancet study was bogus, etc, etc, etc.   Why do people still believe what they’re printing and saying?    Democrats want to raise taxes.  Republicans cut taxes and still reduced the deficit.  Who would you rather have in office?

More truth from behind the scenes.  But the Main Stream Media doesn’t want you to know it.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZjMDQ1OTc0NzBmZDJmNzI1NzczZTUzZTI2NmVlZjA=

In fact, our deficit has been better than any year in the Clinton era:
During the early Clinton years, prior to the GOP takeover of Congress, Krugman wrote in Peddling Prosperity that even though the “Federal debt, as a share of GDP, has been rising … the U.S. government is not in any kind of financial crisis.” The debt then was 49.3 percent of GDP, higher than in any year of the George W. Bush administration when Krugman ranted about a train wrecks and catastrophes.

The annual deficit is now running at only 2.1 percent of GDP, well below its height three years ago of 3.6 percent of GDP. But that’s not the case Krugman and the Democrats will make. They will frame their position in terms of “Mr. Bush’s irresponsibility,” when it’s Bush who deserves the credit for getting today’s deficit to a level lower than its average of the 1990s, when it was 2.2 percent of GDP.

Bad one: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JasonMattera/2007/01/04/fat_cat_universities_don%e2%80%99t_need_any_more_money

 Good one: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeSAdams/2006/12/11/colleges_to_attend,_part_i

 Ones to Avoid: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=colleges_to_avoid_part_v&ns=MikeSAdams&dt=11/20/2006&page=2

While I don’t normally do New Year’s Resolutions, I’ve been thinking about making a list of some things that I want to do starting this year.  It’ll probably take a few days to put together and since it’s right around New Years, I might call it the NYR.  Normally, I’ll just start whenever things happen to cross my mind.  Why make a resolution on just one day?  But since this stuff has been kicking around in my head for a week or so and since it is New Years, I might just have to call this my first NYR.  Maybe.

NEW YEAR!

(early)

What a great movie.  Truly one of those inspirational movies where you get a feeling that if you work hard enough, you can achieve something.  While Smith’s character didn’t end up rich at the end, he did go from homeless to a steady job.  But he did it through hard work and a lot of effort.  It’s a movie that showcases conservative values and that’s hard to find coming from Hollywood.

Augh!  What a bad theme (The Night one).  I couldn’t find anywhere on my page that linked to the site admin area.   I finally changed it and now it isn’t even listed as a theme option.  Good. 

As in back to work

and as in new theme!  Love the black.

So, how do you make your own theme and apply it to here?

Erm, no really.  We had duck for dinner.  Yum.  Although someone else here didn’t like it.  Ah well, she tried it. 

Mashed potatoes, rolls, and corn rounded out the rest of the meal.  Now I’m stuffed.

Oh, the extended edition of Kong is better (and longer) than the original.  Especially for those of us who love dinosaurs.

CHRISTMAS!!!

Forgot to mention we received a gift cert for Best Buy.  We used it to get Pirates 2 and Cars.  We watched Cars last night and it was pretty good.  We just finished watching Pirates 2 and it was good.  I’m not much of a pirate fan but these two movies were neat.  Can’t wait for the third.  Oh, and the third Spidey.  Plus, 300.  Ghost Rider.  Might be a decent year for movies.